Urban India's deprived lot
India is becoming dominantly urban, and the urban poor, who are increasing in numbers, face exclusion from basic amenities like safe drinking …
"The West now understands that waste can be a resource"
Sweden's UNO WINBLAD was not a sanitation engineer but had trained as an architect in London in the late '50s. Those were the days of mounting …
Meltdown
Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …
No land for best option: composting
Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala, does not have a municipal waste-treatment facility. Its only plant to treat solid waste, located …
WSSD: dialogue of the deaf
The needs of many were once again compromised to accommodate the demands of a powerful few. Given the alarming tilt towards self-interest and …
Still life in waves
The visual media is into the business of producing images. Sometimes, just sometimes, they become iconic. For disasters there is a recognisable …
Capacity building key to mainstreaming onsite sanitation management
CSE’s School of Water and Waste aims to establish policy principles, innovative technologies and implementation strategies for citywide …
How CSE trained professionals to address sanitation problems in India and abroad
Here are some inspiring stories of how alumni from CSE’s School of Water and Waste workshops used their acquired knowledge to attend to …
World Toilet Day: So far, we have overlooked sanitation in the climate resilience discourse
Safe and inclusive sanitation solutions can play a pivotal role in safeguarding against risks imposed by climate change
Treat sanitation as public good: UN at launch of hygiene fund
The initiative aims to accelerate funding to countries with the heaviest burden of diseases stemming from lack of sanitation services
The dirty truth
On the occasion of the World Toilet Day, we present some stark truths about sanitation challenges in India, including the progress report of the …
World Bank approves $ 1.5 billion loan for rural sanitation programme
The project will result in bringing significant health benefits to the poor and the vulnerable sections living in rural areas
An environment engineer shows how sanitation safety planning helped Kochi Municipal Corp
Nearly 4.2 bln people do not have access to safe sanitation; sanitation safety planning is a risk-based technique that can help mitigate health …
Does government really want sustainable sanitation for rural areas?
Repeated discussions over expensive and not-so-feasible technologies have led to disappointment within experts and industry
What a waste: Reviving India’s sanitation systems
Indians often confuse toilets with sanitation; but they are mere repositories to receive waste
Nigeria needs a more effective sanitation strategy. Here are some ideas
Almost one in four Nigerians – around 50 million people – defecate in open areas
Half the public places do not manage waste water and litter
A government survey of 16 states in India finds that 51% and 53% public spaces in hills and plains respectively have unhygienic surroundings
Down To Earth wins Indian Sanitation Coalition-FICCI award for its coverage on sanitation
Besides sustained campaigns on sanitation, Down To Earth has been exploring the connection between sanitation and health in order to trigger a …
Manual scavenging has gone underground in India: WHO
Most undesirable, high-risk jobs typically subcontracted to temporary, informal workers based on their caste, says new report
India needs to adopt nature-friendly sanitation technologies
Making design changes in toilets that conserve water and do not create sewage is the key to ecological sanitation
Can’t use a stinky public toilet? Expect a solution soon
A research aimed at increasing toilet use in countries has revealed striking observations
Court bars slum-dwellers defecating in the open
Residents of Delhi's slums find themselves in a Catch-22 situation. Public conveniences in the Capital are woefully inadequate, but when they are …
How to make citywide sanitation plans: Bangladesh man shows the way
City sanitation planning provides a sound data base for practical decision-making on city sanitation
Swachh Bharat Mission 2: Why centralised sanitation will not address urban problems
SBM 2 introduces a one STP nalla-based waste water treatment system, without a town sewerage system for small and medium …
Budget 2018: To make India open defecation-free, Centre must invest less in building toilets
The focus should be on educating people and building capacity for effective implementation of Swachh Bharat Mission